Now You Can Simply Run Your Virtual Machines through Web Browser
Now VMware is going to introduce a new feature called as WSX by which the users can have access to their virtual machines with the help of a web browser. The VMware engineer Christian Hammond is working on this concept.

The WSX has the Web technologies with standards and have additionally contains HTML5 Canvas element and web Sockets. You have to install only a light Web server in between the virtual desktop and the client. It also supports the VMware Workstation and EXSi/vSphere. It does not require the browser plug-in and have compatibility with Firefox, Chrome, and Safari.

Recognition of ConnectWise and LabTech in XChange Solution Provider 2012
The IT service management software provider ConnectWise and the monitoring software provider LabTech have been awarded in the XChange Solution Provider 2012 for their offerings. They have won in two categories as XCellence in Software & XCellence in Service. The event took place in Los Angeles and both these companies had also been honored earlier in another awards ceremony on March 6.

Find Out the New Ubuntu 12.04
This is a new Linux desktop in association with Canonical named as Ubuntu 12.04 and it is shortly going to come out from its beta stage. There are many users who are using the Ubuntu and giving positive feedbacks about its success in quality and nice execution even though you do not have a fast computer to use it. Graphically it also looks great and it is expected to contain excellent graphics when it will be launched.

The new Ubuntu 12.04 is based on Debiun Linux and it uses the 3.2.6 Kernel for its Linux Kernel. It also assists almost all categories of Linux file systems such as Btfrs (aka Butter), ext3, and ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, and XFS.

PC Monitor’s Help to Monitor Windows and Linux System
PC Monitor by MMSOFT Design Ltd is a nice tool to use with various enhanced features. The installation of this application is easy and needs to be installed on every system. It can be installed on Linux and Windows at a fast rate. The users can have the increased features like Active directory modules, IIS, Hyper-V and VMware etc. if they use the licensed version. The application can easily be downloaded from the device application store or from its site’s downloads page directly.

Alert Logic Makes the Amazon Cloud Secure
A distinct intrusion detection system is introduced by Alert Logic that will help the companies which sell business services on Amazon Cloud. The name of this system is Threat Manager; it will help by collecting and matching the irregular patterns that will help to track for the threats. It is a network intrusion solution developed to assist Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud.

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Windows Mobile Marketplace Is Going to be Inaccessible Very Soon
As Microsoft is going to end its Windows Mobile Marketplace in May the users will not be able to download or buy applications from their Windows Mobile 6.x phones. The Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace and Services will be inaccessible from May 9 and the users will have to depend on the new Windows Phone 7 as it has its own store for application download.

The users can also download the applications from third party stores or directly from the official websites of the applications. If any Windows Mobile 6.x user downloads any application from the Windows Mobile Marketplace before the closing date will be able to continue normally with the application.

Checkout the New Acquisition between Dell and SonicWall
Dell is trying its strategy to enter into the managed security and firewall segment by acquiring SonicWall Inc which is a leading advanced network security organization. With this Dell will be able to enhance its security segment including the Dell SecureWorks security services, cloud security and data encryption solutions.

SonicWall contains a strong goodwill among the Managed Services Providers around the globe that will strengthen the combination of Dell with SonicWall’s channel programs. The terms of the deal may be announced in next financial year as accepted by the board of directors of both the players.

Know About How Lenovo Will Be Able To Provide IT Managed Services More Efficiently
Lenovo’s IT managed services contains debugging devices service, software maintenance and device servicing after guarantee expiration. Now to make them more efficient Lenovo will be using the BMC Software’s Remedy IT Service Management suite. BMC Software has a good level of IT service management (ITSM) process and solutions and its Software’s Remedy IT Service Management suite will definitely help in providing the clients a better level of service and support.

The software comprises of BMC RemedyForce that is the service desk platform by which BMC has gained a good number of client during the last year.

Price Dropdown on Azure by Microsoft
Microsoft has dropped an amount of price on the cloud computing system known as Windows Azure. Additionally those customers who experienced system outage during the last month caused by a leap day bug will be paid credits. Microsoft has done reduction in the pricing to its two-tiered Windows Azure cloud computing platform.

As the outage had taken place on February 29, all the customers who are coming under this billing cycle will be credited up to 33 percent of their bills. The bug was traced in the midday of Feb 28 and soon due to this Azure was stopped and the problem was fixed on March 1.

Latest Announcement of Small Business Competency
Another announcement has been done by Microsoft Corporation to launch “Small Business Competency” that will increase the market opportunities for Microsoft partners. It will also add the latest Microsoft technology solutions and assistance to the small businesses needs. Additionally it will show the cloud services empowering the Microsoft Partner Network. This will help their customers to recognize the experienced technical guys for improved technology solutions.

The Small business competency will also assist the partners (who are leaders in the migration process to cloud) in achieving a distinct space in the market with the brand presence of Microsoft.

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Watch Wipro Going Cloudy
Wipro, a big player in the Information Technology sector is going to increase its business share by opting the cloud analytics and mobility services. It is going to happen to increase the domestic business share in the market. Now customers are going for the cloud and mobile solutions and services because they help to increase the productivity hence the company is going towards the clouds. Wipro has also gained its workforce for the mobility solutions from 150 to 1500 people during the last year.

Check Out the Upgrade in the MAAS Solution by LogicMonitor
Now LogicMonitor has added a new call alert system to its monitoring as a service platform. This will help the MSPs from being missed from important alerts. This wakeup phone call alert started after some new functions are added to the company’s MAAS platform named as Mapping, Built in support and External Web Monitoring. With this alert system now the MSP customers can manage and schedule the networks of their clients via their own phones. In addition to this they can also forward the route alerts about the heaviness of the issue with the date and time of its occurrence. This new phone alert feature aided the MSPs to give response to the alerts after the business hours.

Windows 8 Hyper-V R3 Storage Upgrades for Virsto Clients
Hyper-V R3 has been updated with VHDX, ODX, ReSF, duplication support SMB2.2. As compared to its older version i.e. Hyper-V R2 that has a VHD up to 2TB size the new one has been increased up to 64TB. Without any limitations the Virsto vDisks effectively portray the native VHDs and the size is also limited. Its expanded capacity supports the CPU and memory with respect to a per VM basis and also increases the hosting capability of Hyper-V. There are many more upgrades that can be further checked from its official site.

Now Mobile Device Management (MDM) by LabTech Software
The remote monitoring and management software provider, LabTech is expected to launch the mobile device management capabilities to support the iPhones, iPads and other Android tablets. LabTech is developing such a goal so that the switching from one RMM provider to another one should be minimized. The new LabTech 2012 will comprise of free MSM agents for the LabTech 2012 server, full version of its MAC and Linux agents.

Kaseya Partners With StorageCraft on OEM
Kaseya has announced its OEM partnership with StorageCraft Technology Corporation. This partnership will provide benefits to everyone regarding a world class business solution. StorageCraft provides a software related to back-up, disaster recovery, migration and data protection. The integrated solutions of both the companies will provide the customers such solutions that can easily reduce the downtime and increase the power to access their data.

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